I have trained with Josh and never heard him say this, so maybe we could get the more information. That being said, it would support my point in that the retractable step is a modification to the original design and was not designed by Lancair. The original design is well engineered and sufficient. Builder modifications are a judgment call and may have unintended consequences. Again there is nothing new or unknown here and I fear a report like this may result in the aircraft being unfairly perceived as inherently unsafe.

FWIW

Jon